Lettering etiquette

[speeedy6]

I have a buddy that's somewhat of a nut for Cape Buffalo. I plan on cutting his name and a short phrase on one side with a buffalo on the flip side of a knife.
My question is, should his last name be all caps or capitol first letter then lower case ? In engravers script style.
And I plan on putting the phrase " tuff as a buff" alongside his name. Is that ok or, should I correctly spell " TOUGH" ?
Thanks, Mark

 

[allan621]

Putting a name in all script caps sounds like a good idea, but it isn't. It makes the name hard to read. And "tuff as a buff" is fine.

Allan

 

[sam]

All uppercase for a name is ok with Roman and certain block lettering styles, but it's a disaster with script (and as we often see in tattoos) old English.

 

[monk]

script ia all caps ugh! ly!

 

[mitch]

all CAPS in script will look like the world's longest, crappiest monogram.